Ito's words plunged the scene into a deathly silence.

"Do you still have any objections?" Seeing that everyone was not speaking, Ito Hirofumi couldn't help but raise his tone a few points.

The situation is urgent, and a decision must be made early, and Ito Hirobumi does not want to dwell too much on this matter.

"Since Your Excellency the Commander has already made a decision, then we can only obey." Ryoma Sakamoto made eye contact with the others for a while, and then said.

But from the tone of their voices, it is not difficult to hear that they seem to be quite reluctant.

Moreover, it is not difficult to hear from his words that they did not completely agree with Ito Hirobumi's decision, but they obeyed Ito Hirobumi's orders, because it is the duty of a military man to obey orders.

And Ito Hirofumi also understands the thoughts in everyone's hearts, this, it's too normal, but, it doesn't matter, as long as the goal is achieved, as for what they think, it's up to them to go, and the overall situation can be taken into account.

So, Ito Hirobumi looked at Ryoma Sakamoto, who was not too reluctant, and swept his gaze over the other people, and then said, "Very good!" Since there is no objection, then you will go back and prepare first, and retreat at any time."

"Yes." The people were commanded.

The military order is like a mountain, so it has to be like this.

After the order was given, Ito Hirobumi carefully explained the details of some things to everyone, and then prepared to leave, but at this moment, he saw that Sakamoto Ryoma looked like he wanted to say something, as if he had something to say, so he waved his hand at Sakamoto Ryoma and said, "Sakamoto-kun, please speak directly if you have something to say."

Sakamoto Ryoma originally had a question to ask, but he didn't know if it was appropriate, so he had been hesitating whether to say it, and when he was embarrassed, Ito Hirobumi actually took the initiative to ask, which simply made him a little overjoyed, since this is the case, then he is not welcome, what to ask, then you have to ask.

"Your Excellency, Commander, if we abandon the city and leave, who will cut us off?" Ryoma Sakamoto finally brought up the question hidden in his heart.

After saying that, he felt much better in his heart, which was a big problem for him.

Yes, who broke it, Sakamoto Ryoma's sentence just reminded Ito Hirofumi, didn't he come to visit Takasugi Jinsaku for this matter, why did he forget it, fortunately Sakamoto Ryoma reminded, otherwise, he would have to run for nothing again.

"After the break, this, this really needs a wise and brave character to take on this role, Sakamoto-kun, as far as you see, who is worthy of this responsibility?" Hirobumi Ito deliberately touched his nose and groaned for a moment, then threw the question back to Ryoma Sakamoto.

He wanted to hear what Ryoma Sakamoto thought.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am willing to break off!" Sakamoto Ryoma didn't even think about it, so he shouted, he was going to break off.

When Ito Hirofumi heard it, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect Sakamoto Ryoma to recommend himself to take on this position, this statement is commendable, but this time is different from the past, this Sakamoto Ryoma is not the right person to be responsible for the break.

And he has already decided on a candidate in his heart.

Therefore, the first thing Ito Hirobumi thought of was to reject Ryoma Sakamoto.

However, before Ito Hirobumi could say his refusal, Saigo Takamori, who was standing on the side, took Sakamoto Ryoma's words and shouted: "Commander, it's better for me to cut off the queen."

Another volunteer, it seems that this thing after the break is really beautiful, otherwise, how can everyone compete to do it.

"Saigo-kun, why do you want to fight with me, I have already asked the commander for his life first." Sakamoto Ryoma's tone was quite unkind.

Saigo Takamori actually competed with him to be the person who broke off, he was obviously a little displeased, and he was a little anxious to speak, because, no matter how you say it, Saigo Takamori is his subordinate, just ask, his subordinates fight with himself, what kind of system is it, he is not angry, it is abnormal.

Moreover, how can this fat in his hands be robbed by others, no, absolutely not, no matter how close he is, Sakamoto Ryoma has made up his mind, he must take the responsibility of this break.

"General, you are the commander of our army, how can you do this after the break, it is better for me to do it." Saigo Takamori saw that Ryoma Sakamoto was in a hurry, and quickly explained.

He also had good intentions, but he didn't think that Sakamoto Ryoma was misunderstood.

"I'll leave the army to you to command, you can." Sakamoto Ryoma listened to Saigo Takamori's words, and the unhappiness just now was immediately thrown out of the clouds, he understood that Saigo Takamori was a good intention, so he was even more refreshed, and he said without thinking about it.

"General, how can this be done....how can this be done..."Saigo Takamori said a little helplessly.

In short, he felt that it was inappropriate for Ryoma Sakamoto to do this!

"Okay, don't fight, you can't break the queen, I already have someone to choose the person after the break." Ito Hirofumi saw that the two of them were getting more and more energetic on the side, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to come out to cool down for the two of them first.

The effect of Ito Hirobumi's words is really good, as soon as he spoke, the scene was immediately different, and the two people who were originally in a heated battle immediately stopped, and then looked at him with very stunned eyes, and the two didn't know what Ito Hirobumi meant by this.

And Takagi Takayoshi and Takasugi Shinsaku, who were watching the play, also heard Ito's words, and they were also very grateful and interested in wondering who the suitable person was in Ito's words.

"Ahh

Hearing this sigh, everyone felt even more confused, he didn't know what Ito Hirobumi's sigh was trying to express, whether it was regret, or implying other meanings, in short, there must be some inner meaning in this sigh.

In fact, this sigh does represent Ito Hirobumi's mood at this time, his mood is actually very complicated, he knows that it is not easy to break the road, and in this case, it is necessary to have the determination to die, only in this way can he cover the safe withdrawal of the army to Seoul. According to his vision, he hoped that the man who had been cut off could lead a part of the Japanese army to fight the Taiping army as much as possible with the fortified city of Kaesong, so as to buy more time for the retreat of the army.

And the longer the city is defended, the safer the retreating army will be, but the more dangerous the people who defend the city, and Ito Hirobumi's entanglement is here, do you think, according to this principle, ordering people to cut off the road, isn't that equivalent to sending people to death, It's normal for Ito Hirobumi's mood to be a little complicated.

"Commander, this—" Ryoma Sakamoto swallowed, then hesitated.

He wanted to ask Hirobumi Ito who this suitable person was, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't ask, because it seemed very inappropriate to ask his commander in his capacity.

"Okay, I know what you want to ask, well, let's do it, you all go down, I want to talk to Takasugi-kun alone." Ito waved his hand and did not answer Ryoma Sakamoto directly, but said something without a beginning or an end.

Talk to Shin Takasugi? What does that mean? What does this have to do with the selection of the broken one, the three of them all glanced at Takasugi Shinsaku with a puzzled expression.

Hirobumi Ito made this matter more and more mysterious.

However, since the commander had spoken, the other three had no choice but to retreat, and they respectfully saluted Ito Hirobumi, and then greeted Takasugi Shinsaku again, and then "reluctantly" retreated, and they all wondered in their hearts, what would the commander and Takasugi Shinsaku talk about?

However, no one will know, and maybe the answer will only be revealed when they are done talking.

After the three of them retreated, only Shinsaku Takasugi and Hirobumi Ito were left in the house.

And so a slightly heavy conversation ensued between the two of them.

Although the three people who walked out stood outside the door, their eyes kept glancing into the room, and they were not calm in their hearts, and they had all kinds of speculations, but the center of this unrest all pointed to the same goal, that is, what did Ito Hirobumi and Takasugi Shinsaku talk about?

What a headache.

The three of them were irritable in their hearts, but they could only wait patiently.

After suffering like this for about half an hour, the conversation between Hirobumi Ito and Shinsaku Takasugi ended.

As soon as the conversation was over, Ito summoned them in again

After the three of them entered, they immediately observed the expressions of Ito Hirobumi and the others, they wanted to see something from the expressions of the two, but unfortunately, they didn't see anything, the expressions of the two were very calm, not ordinary calm.

What did they talk about, Ryoma Sakamoto exchanged a meaningful look with a look of confusion on his face.

"Okay, don't guess, Takasugi-kun and I didn't say anything else, just talked about defending the city." Ito Hirofumi's gaze slowly swept over the faces of several people, and then calmly said.

Is it a matter of defending the city...? When Ryoma Sakamoto and the other three heard this, they couldn't help but think of the same answer.

That's what it was, that's the first reaction of the three of them when they thought of that answer.

It's incredible!

"Yes, maybe you have already estimated it, that's it, the best candidate for this break is Takasugi-kun."

Sure enough, it's Shinsaku Takasugi.

At this point, I don't understand it anymore, this is the main purpose of Ito Hirobumi coming here today to visit Takasugi Shinsaku. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation ......)